Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-09
THE COUNTY FAIR.

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The forty-third annual fair of the Adj
Olson County Agricultural society opened
at the grounds in this village on Monday
and closed Wednesday night. Notwith
standing rather threatening skies large
portion of the three days, the attendance
was excellent. The exhibits in most of
the departments were quite full, though
there would have been more horses here
had not the Breeders meeting at Rutland
followed so closely.
THE FIRST DAY.
Monday was wholly occupied in enter
ing and arranging exhibits. Mr.. F. c.
Dyer, the competent secretary, and his
efficient assistant, Mr.. H. B. Wright of
Weybridge, had their hands full all day.
a considerable amount of stock was
brought in, though large share of it did
not come till Tuesday.
THE SECOND DAY.
Early Tuesday morning the grounds
presented lively appearance. The
ised successful fair. At II o'clock came
the exhibition of horses on the track for
premiums. Two stations with five of
their get were shown-"Luck," owned
''King," the property of Raymond &
Perry of Shoreham. Stations in the
other classes were exhibited by L. H.
Payne, Bridport; T. NJ. Chapman, Mid
dlebury; J. A. Birchard, Shoreham; j.
p. Fem, Middlebury; S. Willmarth, Ad-
Olson; A. D. Austin, Middlebury, and Ira
j. Twitchell, Weybridge.
Matched pairs were entered by Thad
Nj. Chapman, Middlebury; L. w. Spaul-
ding, Cornwall; Geo. c. Chapman, Mid
dlebury; J. T. Stickney, Shoreham; o.
p. Lee, Middlebury; and single drivers
by Louis Hope, Middlebury; c. H. Nor
ton, Addison; Il. NJ. Chapman, Middle
bury, and r. Hemenway, Bridport. All
were good ones.
In the afternoon there were two races
heats in which were trotted alternately
In the three-mnute class there were three
entries, as follows, the horses drawing
positions in the order named: Colder
Lambert, entered by ii. G.. Burwell
Bridport; Charles b., entered by George
Sollace, Bridport, and Helena, entered by
Thad NJ. Chapman, Middlebury. The
judges of both races were S. X. Raymond
of Brooklyn, \. y, and b. F. Haskell
and f. G. Farnham of West Cornwall.
There were also three entries in tn,
two-year-old class Many L., entered by
Joseph Larock, Middlebury; Villag,
Girl, entered by f. L. Bissette, Middle
bury, and Star Motion, entered by w. c
Danyew, which drew positions in thu
} order named. Following are the
} SUMMARIES.
ADDISON COUNTY FAIR, Sept. 8, 1887; three
minute class. Purse, s75 s35 to first, s25 t.
second, sl5 to third.
Geo. Solace's Charles B............. 8
Ii. c. Burwells Golden LAMBERT. 2 l
L. NJ. Chapman's Helena. ............3
No time declared.
ADDISON COUNTY FAIR, Sept. q, 1851; two
year old class. Purse, $50; s25 to first, si5 Il
second, $40 to third.
W. C. Danyew's Star Motion....4 l
f. T. Bissette's Village Girl...,..2 8
J. Larock's Many L..............
No time declared
A shower came up about five o'clock
but did not prove heavy enough to pre-
vent the races being finished.
THIRD DAY.
| Wednesday morning the weather wa;
/ not promising, yet people turned out il
, all parts of the county and the ground
were well filled long before noon. Abou
: one o'clock heavy thunder-shOwer cam
; up, but it lasted only short time. Tn
2 track was rendered little heavy for tn
, afternoon races, but the programme wa
7 carried out.
The farmers race was the event of tn
: forenoon. Four entries were made
= Maggie L., by Fred Crane of Bridport
1 Bertha N, by c. Ii. Norton of Addison